Children should be taught oracy - podcast from Professor Neil Mercer

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Update January 2021: this podcast is no longer available on the web. Find out more about the work of Oracy Cambridge at https://oracycambridge.org/

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“What we know now is that the ways teachers use talk in the classroom makes a difference to the learning of the students.”

This podcast from TES is a great listen if you’re interested in classroom dialogue and oracy. Neil Mercer is Director of Oracy Cambridge and it’s fascinating to hear him talking about research projects which he has been directly involved in.

For example, one project showed that these three things led to children attaining better results:

• teachers enabling children to participate

• teachers encouraging children to elaborate their ideas

• teachers getting children to ask questions about the learning.